Il Duce claims diplomatic victory in the Mediterranean
Italian officials claim parity and success in securing a Mediterranean liderazgo against Britain and France. Spokesmen expect talks in Paris with three powers while Italo German collaboration helps curb piracy. Rome hails the result as a victory over the Anglo French front amid Nyon conference tensions.
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Il Duce
Mediterranean
Rome
Paris
Italy
Germany
Europe
Switzerland
France
Britain
London
Tyrrhenian Sea
Duce
Il Popolo di Roma
Soviet Union
Roosevelt Heads Two Week Seattle Tour Planned
President Roosevelt ordered a two week tour to Seattle and back to gauge public mood on administration goals. A ten car train with public address equipment was prepared to depart around 4 p m eastern standard time.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Seattle
Waits Mate's Release Noted Amid Spain Insurgent Crisis
Mrs Harold Dahl wife of a Champaign ill aviator held by Spain's Loyalists is hopeful for his release as a picture linked to Francisco Franco was denied to influence him. The narrative mentions Mrs Roosevelt and others accompanying the trip, with plans to tour eight midwestern states ending October 6. The journey includes federal project inspections and a Good Neighbor excursion to British Columbia. The president will address jobless census plans after a pre departure meeting with John Biggers.
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Harold Dahl
Champaign
Ill
Spain
Cannes
France
Francisco Franco
Dahl
Buffalo
Cleveland
Indiana
Chicago
Iowa
Cheyenne
Wyo
John Biggers
Toledo
Biggers
Toledo Endorses City Manager Plan
Toledo voters backed the city manager form of government by nearly two to one over a 21 ward council plan. In Columbus non partisan ballots, John L. Davies, the Republican incumbent, was nominated city attorney with Daniel Earhart, while four Republicans and two Democrats sought city council seats.
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Toledo
Columbus
John L. Davies
Daniel
Earhart
Davies
Expo Royalty Named at Great Lakes Exposition
Frank Carey of Bellefontaine and Annabelle Sherwood of Marion named king and queen for All-Ohio Day at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. Banners compete in the ace contest among state employees with Henry Cey of Piqua and Martha among finalists.
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Columbus, Q
Frank Carey
Bellefontaine
Annabelle Sherwood
Marion
Cleveland
Henry Cey
Piqua
Martha
Delinquency Probe Seeks Tax Payment Details
Columbus Ohio AP Sept 22 A joint legislative public commission sent out a questionnaire to county auditors asking for data on delinquent taxes. The survey covers the Whittemore law installment payments, counts of nonpayers, publication effects, and estimates of overdue general utility and special assessments as of Oct 1.
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Columbus
Joint Legislative-Public Commission
Whittemore
Peace program at Legion convention in New York
The American Legion closed a long parade and launched formal peace efforts. About 2.0 to 2.5 million spectators watched 200,000 veterans march along Fifth Avenue. 1,939 delegates prepared for sessions at the Metropolitan Opera House to hear reports on finance Americanism child welfare national defense peace legislation and foreign relations.
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New York
American Legion
Fifth Avenue
America
Legion
Metropolitan Opera House
Japan Expresses Regret Over Ambassador Shooting
Tokyo says it regrets wounding of British Ambassador Sir Hugo Knatchbull Hugessen by Japanese planes on Aug 26. Government notes planes may have misidentified the ambassador’s car and will take suitable steps if Japanese aviators killed or seriously harmed nationals.
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London
Japan
China
Sir Hugo Knatchbull-Hugessen
Reuters
Tokyo
Sir Huge
Mil
Itary
Britain
Relief and Budget Goals Promise Cuts in Work Relief
Fiscal chiefs predict substantial reductions in relief spending for 1938 39 as the budget aims to balance. Dan Bell has begun hearings on the new budget and Roosevelt will submit estimates in January. McIntyre said allocations under the 1936 public works extension are final and many projects were rejected for lacking federal need.
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Washington
Daniel W. Bell
Roosevelt
Congress
Marvin H. McIntyre
White House
Ickes
PWA H
PWA
Congressional Appropriations
Lease Values Up At Hearing In Ohio Gas Case
George Wittmer JR testified again at the Ohio Public Utilities Commission hearing on Ohio Fuel Gas Company’s appeal from a Columbus gas rate ordinance. Valuation of leases remained the focal point as the gate rate to city limits could influence eleven other Ohio cities. Commission engineers will tour Ohio Fuel Gas Company properties in West Virginia next week.
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Columbus
George Wittmer, Jr
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Ohio Fuel Gas
Ohio
James W. Huffman
William Ziebold
Gas Company
Ziebold
Commission
West Virginia
Boy Thrown Under Hayload Killed in Ohio Farm
Samuel B. Cooper, a one year old from Piketon O, died after being buried when a team of horses became frightened and knocked over a load of hay at Waverly, Ohio.
Republicans Ready National Machinery for 1938 Elections
Washington AP reports the Republican party accelerates its national machine for the 1938 congressional elections. The executive committee will meet to consider a mid term convention, with a final decision at an extraordinary session. Chairman Hamilton has pushed to engage party workers nationwide, meeting leaders of eight large cities where GOP majorities have shifted to Democrats.
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Washington
Republican Party
Full National Committee
Hamilton
Hoover
National Committee
Cholera Spreads in Shanghai Outpacing War Front
Official figures show over 1,500 confirmed cholera cases in Shanghai's international settlement and French concession, with 979 additional suspected cases in the settlement and many more in the concession, far overshadowing the war activity to the northwest.
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Shanghai
Garr brothers to seek bond in Denhardt case
Shelbyville Kentucky September 22 AP the Garr brothers Jack Roy and Dr E S Garr charged with slaying Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt will seek self defense as bond is debated by county officials and their lawyer J Ballard Clark of La Grange. Denharts funeral plans were announced with services set after private rites and state recognition at the Kentucky National Guard armory Denhardt Hall. Patrolman Tracey testified he saw Denhardt reach for a pocket before shots were fired shaping the self defense claim.
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Verna Garr Taylor
Henry H. Denhardt
Shelbyville
Jack
Dr. E. S
Roy Garr
Denhardt
Roces K. Myers
Garr Brothers
Garr Pee
Denhardt- Taylor
Roy
E. S. Garr
Commonwealth
Garrs
Comely
J. Ballard Clark
la Grange
H. B. Minsloving, Jr
Taylor
Kentucky
Bowling Green
National Guard
Denhardt Hall
Jeptha Tracey
Married couples study together at Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Four married couples at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester New York share a classroom routine and library resources. Husbands and wives discuss coursework over breakfast coffee while wives pursue limited degrees and aim to support their spouses and stay busy.
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Rochester
N. Y
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
JAP AIR FLEET ATTACKS CITY OVER PROTEST
The report details a devastating air raid on Hankou, China, with over 200 refugees killed or burned as incendiaries struck the Hsiakwan slum. Dozens of bombs hit 30 sections, including rail stations. U.S. Embassy and staff remained unharmed and prepared to stay.
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Hsiakwan
Yangtze River
China
R. R
Shanghai-Nanking
Tietsin-Pukow
Yangtze
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Luzon
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Gotham
Columbus Oday
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Dr. E. S. Garr
Denhard
Redes K. Myers
Avengers
Leaders
Lamare Rice
Springfield
Paul Shaud
Basil
Kenneth L. Ames
Winnebago
Minn
By C. Yates McDaniel
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